Zhao Zhen was very excited. This was the intuition that Li Zhang suddenly appeared in his mind after chatting with Zhao Zhen for a while. Although Zhao Zhen did not show any special performance during the conversation, he could not hide it from Li Zhang, whom he was most familiar with.

Since Liu E took power, Zhao Zhen's mentality has changed three major times. The first time he was unwilling to give up, especially as he grew older, he gradually became dissatisfied with Liu E. After all, he was the emperor, but the power was monopolized by Liu E. For this reason, he once wanted to fight for it, but it was useless.

After Li Zhang's persuasion, Zhao Zhen gradually changed from being unwilling to accepting the status quo, and even began to let Liu E take power. Anyway, he could wait slowly, and this peaceful mentality was also what Li Zhang admired the most.

However, Zhao Zhen's peaceful mentality has been broken now, but he has become very excited. With Li Zhang's understanding of him, he will never read it wrong. Of course, this is not Zhao Zhen's secret, but he should have felt the changes in Liu E and the court, especially after the last fire, Lu Yijian's performance and Liu E's aging, which made Zhao Zhen feel like he was able to survive, and it was normal for his mentality to change.

At noon, Li Zhang had lunch with Zhao Zhen, and then said goodbye and left. However, as soon as he left Funing Hall, he was stopped by Luo Chongxun and then taken to the Chuigong Hall. However, when Li Zhang saw Liu E, he was shocked.

I saw Liu E sitting behind the desk with a hunched body, her old face was not as bright as she was. The light in the hall was darker, and Liu E didn't let anyone take the light, which made Liu E's face look a little dark and very unhealthy, just like she was recovering from a serious illness?

"Is the Queen Mother in good health?" Li Zhang stepped forward and asked with concern.

"Ai family is fine, what did Your Majesty summon you to do?" Liu E slowly shook her head at this time, then stared at Li Zhang with a slightly gloomy gaze and asked, but although she said it was okay, she had a bit of hoarseness in her voice and her eyes were a little dark. Even if she was not sick, she might not have had a good rest.

"Your Majesty learned that I had given birth to a daughter, so he asked about my family. In addition, he thanked me specifically for the fire that day. In addition, it was just a little chat." Li Zhang replied frankly.

"That's all?" Liu E seemed a little disbelief, and asked with a little doubt in her tone.

Li Zhang couldn't help but sigh when he saw Liu E's suspicious expression. It seemed that the previous incident of Gongchen Sect had a blow to Liu E far beyond his expectations. At least now, Liu E's mentality has collapsed, because she would never have suspected Li Zhang to lie about such trivial matters before, but now Liu E has no confidence.

"I just saw Concubine Yang at His Majesty. If the Empress Dowager doesn't believe it, you can ask Concubine Yang!" Li Zhang was silent for a moment before speaking again. Liu E is really old, not only physically aging, but also psychologically. Even such a blow is too much for her to bear.

When Liu E heard Li Zhang take out Concubine Yang as a testimony, she finally believed her and her face calmed down. Then she said again: "Last time you saved Your Majesty, the Ai family has not yet received the reward. It just so happened that you have a daughter again. The Ai family has also made people prepare rich rewards. In two days, someone will be sent to your mansion to announce the imperial edict!"

"Thank you Empress Dowager!" Li Zhang immediately saluted again.

Seeing that Li Zhang was still very respectful to him, Liu E seemed a little satisfied. Then hesitated for a moment before saying again: "In addition, you did a good job in the Liao Kingdom before. The Ai family was very satisfied. Now the mission has been placed, and you can't stay idle forever. The Ai family wants you to return to martial arts. Cao Wei's health is not very good during this period. Wu Xue is a little overwhelmed by him. You can just share some pressure for him. I wonder what you think?"

"I am willing!" Li Zhang knew that Liu E would not let him stay idle. Wu Xue was the place he paid great attention to. When he was under house arrest, Wu Xue had just started to get on the right track. After he came back, he didn't have time to go to Wu Xue. Instead, Cao Wei sent someone to send some gifts and invited Li Zhang to the mansion for a lecture. However, before Li Zhang could go, Qingzhi gave birth to An Ran, so he had never seen Cao Wei during this period.

"Okay, but you don't have to hurry to take office. The Ai family in the martial arts world will make arrangements. Your family likes to add another daughter. During this period, I will spend time with Qingzhi's mother and daughter!" Liu E also showed a rare smile when she saw Li Zhang agreeing.

The matter was over, and Li Zhang immediately stood up to say goodbye. However, when he saw Li Zhang leaving, Liu E seemed to be a little reluctant to speak, but in the end he didn't say anything, but waved his hand to let Li Zhang retreat. When Li Zhang was about to leave, he looked at Liu E who was old behind the desk again. In fact, he also had a lot of things to say to Liu E, but now he didn't know how to speak.

Liu E's physical and mental health are no longer good, but she is still holding on and holding on to the imperial power and refusing to let go. This is like a person who is about to drown. He is exactly the same as a person who is about to drown. However, a straw cannot save the life of a drowning person, and imperial power cannot bring any substantial benefits to Liu E. Instead, it will only make other people more dissatisfied with her and even resentful.

So in Li Zhang's opinion, Liu E's wisest choice now is to take the initiative to give up the power in her hands, just like Wu Zetian in her later years. Unfortunately, she did not have the courage of Wu Zetian, nor did Wu Zetian's decisiveness, so this also led to her not being able to claim to be emperor, nor she dared to give up the power in her hands at this time. From this point of view, she is indeed much worse than Wu Zetian.

Unfortunately, Li Zhang did not dare to persuade him now, because Liu E was in a very sensitive period now. If Li Zhang persuaded her to give way at this time, Liu E might suspect that he had ulterior motives. After all, she was already doubting whether Li Zhang and Zhao Zhen had any conspiracy, so Li Zhang finally gave up this idea.

In the next few days, Li Zhang stayed at home to accompany his wife and daughter every day, and Liu E's rewards were soon released, but it was nothing more than some land and money. Li Zhang didn't care at all. The appointment of martial arts has not been officially completed, so he was not in a hurry anyway.

However, just early this morning, Li Zhang was holding his daughter in the yard to enjoy the cool air, but suddenly received a message that Liu E finally announced this morning that the year name was changed. The original year name was "Tian Sheng", which was actually the two-person Sheng, which meant that she placed herself in the same position as the emperor.
Chapter completed!